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I’ve commented about this on orher reactions to this, this song literally saved my life. It released a couple days after my ex-fiancee and girlfriend of 7 years left me. I was absolutely done with everything. I heard this song then the story behind it and I didn’t feel like I was alone and just a singular useless piece of garbage human. Knowing I wasn’t alone made me think about everything more and more. I really thought about my parents a lot. I had my dog who’d been through a lot with me who’d just lay with me and I needed to show him tge same love, feed him, play with him. It all kept me going. It’s been 7 years now and I’m still not fully better, still have dreams about her and my old life but I am better. I’ve quit drinking, I’m going to the gym again, just making other people smile and laugh makes me happy so I try to do that everyday. The empty house still stings a lot though.
That last line in the song “if you still care dont ever let me know” is so true for me. She tried coming back after everything and I could see she hadn’t changed at all and it was just going to happen again and again so that’s basically what I told her. I didn’t wanna hear it anymore because it would draw me back in and I’d just relive the pain over and over.
This song saved at least one life.
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Hey there friend. Thank you SO so much for posting.
I want to say that I’m glad you’re here. And that I’m glad that music saved you. And I’m glad you shared your story. In a strange way, you sharing your story may give someone courage the way that the song did - someone else may see this and think “someone else made it through this. Maybe I can too.”
You mentioned feeling completely at the brink after your ex left you. I get the feeling that things were rocky for a minute given how you said “she hadn’t changed” when she tried to come back.
And that for a while you felt empty or alone, that you didn’t have much besides your dog. But your dog kept you in it. Kept you going.
Im sorry you had to go through that hurt. I’m sorry that you were ever in that position. I could see feeling discarded. Wounded. Being alone and unsure what the next steps are, now that the road forward you once saw was wiped away.
I’ve been in that spot at least once. I had someone that I thought was my world and my everything. I know that isn’t the case anymore - I personally had some attachment issues that I needed to get through. But when they walked away, it hurt so bad. I felt like I was worthless. Like I was trash to them.
Now, Im married, beyond happy. Im still healing a lot of my personal stuff but each day Im glad to be able to do that. It’s a blessing just to have a chance to do it.
And it sounds like you’re getting there two. Our stories aren’t the same - but we both fought like hell to find ourselves.
You kicked drinking and that’s incredible. You’re working out. You’re investing in others.
You sound like such an incredible soul and Im glad to have replied to you here.
Don’t stop, ok? You keep going. We’re all proud of you.
Hold fast.